Improvement in bows for archery



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EPHRAIM S. MORTON, OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOWS FOR ARCHERY.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 126,734, dated May 14,1872.

Specification describing a new and Improved Bow for Archery, invented byEPHRAIM S. MORTON, of Plymouth, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts.

Figure l represents my improved bow in two elevations, partly sectioned;and Fig. 2 is also partly a side elevation and partly a section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The said bow consists4 of a straight, turned, or otherwise-formedcentral piece, A, ot' strong wood, and two springs, B, of steel wire,one attached to each end of the central piece in the manner shown, or inany equivalent way, being inserted at one end in a hole of the centralpiece, so as to be taken outl readily, and are held -in by the string.These springs are coiled at C, near the ends of the center piece, togive greater elasticity; and beyond the coils they are curved suitablyto constitute the bow, and they are made either double or single. Inthis example they are double. The said coils 'are turned in oppositedirections to each other when made single, so that being on oppositeends ofthe center piece the parts ofthe bows beyond the coils arethereby diverted from the axial line of the center, both on the saineside,

and thus hold the string in the plane of the side of the center on whichthe arrow lies, and thus greater accuracy in the flight of the arrow issecured.

The object of having the springs connected to the center detachably isthat they may be taken out and packed in a box more compactly than theyotherwise could be. 'These steel springs are far better than any othersubstance for bows, and being combined with the center piece constitutea better bow than those made wholly of flat steel, for it can be held inthe hand better, while all the elasticity of the tlat bow is obtained bythe coils, or more, if re-V quired, and being detachably connectedfacilitate the packing of them compactly, the sprin gs being taken out.

Having thus described my invention, I clairn as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As an article of manufacture, a bow formed of woodenmiddle A, and 'sprin gs B G fastened on each side thereof, as described.

EPHRAIM S. MORTON.

Witnesses:

HENRY VHITING, Jr., JOHN T. MoRroN, J r.

